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@histoftech Mavis Beacon came up in a trivia game last night, and I suddenly felt ancient when I told the other players that she taught me typing...on a Commodore 64!
@STS_News The first thing that came to mind as I read that headline.
(The fact that Musk and Glomgold are both South Africans is purely a coincidence...)
Well, it looks like I've found a new #ZoomBackground!
(Detail of a hand-colored engraving from LHL's copy of Kaspar Maria von Sternberg's Versuch der Flora der Vorwelt: https://t.co/5o1OqEaQlq)
#paleoart #sciart #histSTM https://t.co/MoqxLOlwYC
Mary Vaux Walcott was an artist who specialized in botanical watercolors.
In 1925, @smithsonian published ~400 of her illustrations in a five-volume work entitled North American Wild Flowers. We have the full set in our rare book collection.
https://t.co/P7wU5duqHs
#SciArt
Happy New Year, #histSTM/#STS/#scicomm friends!
The deadline for @LindaHall_org fellowship applications is only 2 weeks away (Jan. 15).
You may have heard we're only offering virtual #fellowships during the 2021-22 academic year. What exactly does that mean? Read on...
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Do you recognize this duck?
Today's #histSTM/#animation lunchtime read: @ingrid_rocket presents a brief biography of Professor Ludwig Von Drake and his contributions to #RCA's efforts to promote color TV.
https://t.co/ApkfhIpoQx
Meanwhile, I'm posting images of what Kepler called the "Fiery Trigon" (L) and trying hard not to reference a certain demonic overlord (R)...
#astrology #TeenTitans #GreatConjunction2020 https://t.co/O9noTcunEP
The #wombat lives across the seas,
Among the far Antipodes.
He may exist on nuts and berries,
Or then again, on missionaries;
His distant habitat precludes
Conclusive knowledge of his moods,
But I would not engage the wombat
In any form of mortal combat.
#WorldWombatDay #sciart
@MBarany @hssonline And we don't normally have impromptu musical numbers, but here we are...
#HST20